Predicting Ross River virus epidemics from regional weather data

Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 384-393

  Woodruff, Rosalie E ^a   Guest, Charles S ^a   Garner, Michael G ^a   Becker, Niels ^a   Lindesay, Janette ^a   Carvan, Terence ^a   Ebi, Kristie ^a  

^a Australian National University College of Health and Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Australia; Climate; Climate change; Early warning; Prediction; Ross River virus disease; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 0036283654     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200207000-00005     Document Type: Article

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